A 68-bed residential care home, with cinema room, is recommended for approval in Grantham.

Boston-based Tanglewood Care Services seeks build the home and associated parking on the site of the former Chandos Care Home on Gorse Road.

The application is due before the planning committee of South Kesteven District Council when it next meets on October 28.

Councillors will determine the application as it is considered 'major', with impacts on the residential area and highway safety.

A council report prepared for the meeting says the 0.41ha site has been vacant when the former 31-bed care home was demolished in 2014.

Tanglewood, who already operate six centres in Lincolnshire, seek to build a home with 68 specialised care bedrooms with parking to serve staff and visitors.

This application differs from a scheme to build 43 assisted living apartments that Flagtree Developments gained planning approval for in June on the same site, as previously reported by Nub News.

The new proposal "will provide for residents that have reached a point in their lives where they cannot live safely in their own homes or they may not be getting the correct type of care in hospital."

The report said: "The 68 bedrooms are all single occupancy bedrooms of c.16sqm with additional en-suite bathroom. In addition, there would be a communal lounge and dining areas, a café and visitors lounge, large laundry room, staff office and facilities, plant room and a reception with foyer on the ground floor.

"The upper floors of the building would be served by two lifts and staircases positioned at either end of the building and in addition to bedrooms also include provision of a tea room, cinema room, salon and games room.

"The proposed building would be a combination of one, two and three storeys in height with both flat and pitched roof elements."

The report said council consultation attracted one response, from someone worried about loss of trees at the site.

But recommending approval for the scheme, officers said the site is brownfield having being previously developed land. The location was also 'highly sustainable' close to many amenities and services. The application also met many planning policies.

It added: "Taking [them] into account, the principle of the proposal is considered to be acceptable. The site is previously development land located centrally within Grantham, and the proposal will provide a specialist form of needed housing in the district in the form of care provision for the elderly."